Anthony Cacace shouldn’t be out of the woods along with his obligatory title protection obligation.
The Ring has confirmed {that a} Nov. 7 purse bid listening to is scheduled for Cacace’s ordered IBF junior light-weight title combat versus Eduardo Núnez. A earlier order was nullified when each events agreed to go their separate methods for one combat.
With this combat again in play, Cacace (22-1, 8 knockouts) will both must honor the order or surrender the crown.
Cacace-Núnez was initially ordered shortly after Cacace’s Could 18 upset stoppage win over Joe Cordina to win the belt in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The 2 sides failed to achieve an settlement, which prompted two rescheduled purse bids earlier than the matter was tabled.
Mexico’s Núnez (28-1, 28 KOs) agreed to step-aside for one combat. It allowed Cacace to look on the Sept. 21 UK launch of Riyadh Season at Wembley Stadium in London. A distinction for the cardboard was that each one matchups had been UK-exclusive.
The concession by Núnez paved the way in which for Cacace to face former two-time IBF featherweight titlist Josh Warrington. Cacace received by unanimous determination to retain his title. He has since superior to the No. 4 slot in The Ring 130-pound scores.
As a result of an exception needed to be filed to accommodate the matchup, Cacace is now locked into having to honor his obligatory.
Núnez earned the No. 1 spot with an eleventh-round knockout of former titlist Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov. Their Feburary 16 title eliminator noticed Núnez hit the highway to put on down and cease Rakhimov (17-2-1, 14 KOs) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
The combat marked the primary time that Núnez, The Ring’s No. 9-rated 130-pound contender, was prolonged past the tenth spherical. He didn’t want for much longer than that, nonetheless, to shut the present.
Núnez has since added a sixth-round knockout of Miguel Marriaga on Aug. 31 in Carson, California. The win prolonged his present eighteen combat win and knockout streak.
Cacace is promoted by Corridor of Fame promoter Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions. Actually, he simply re-signed with the corporate together with plenty of different fighters. Núnez signed with Matchroom Boxing final Could.
Jake Donovan is a senior author for The Ring and vp of the Boxing Writers Affiliation of America.
